Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Schlichter, Christian Ludwig a Reformed theologian of Germany, was born at Cothen, December 7, 1705, and died there, April 23, 1765, doctor of theology. He wrote, De Baptismo , etc. (Bremen, 1725): De Quatuor Rebus Salomonaeis Intellectu Dificillimis ad Pro 30:18-19 (Halle, 1730): Exercitatio Epistolica, etc., ad Gen 8:21 sq. (1732): Decimae Sacrae seu Observationum … Continue reading “Schlichter, Christian Ludwig”

Schleyer, Peter a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, who died at Ettenheim, February 28, 1862, doctor and professor of theology, is the author of, Orakel des Iesaia uber den Untergang Babels (Freiburg, 1839): Ueber die neutestamentliche Lehre von der Unaufloslichkeit der Ehe (1844): Der Puseyismus nach seinemn Ursprunge und als Lehrsystem dargestellt (1845). See Zuchold, … Continue reading “Schleyer, Peter”

Schleyer, Johann Martin Priest; inventor of the auxiliary language Volapk. Born on 18 July 1831 in Oberland, Switzerland; died on 16 August 1912 in Constance, Germany. Educated at the University of Freiburg. Ordained in 1856, and appointed to a parish in Constance. In 1879 he introduced Volapk, an international language based on the Romance and … Continue reading “Schleyer, Johann Martin”

Schleusner, John Frederic, D.D professor of theology in Wittenberg, was born in Leipsic Jan. 16, 1756, and studied theology and philology in the university (of that city. He was appointed professor of theology in Gttingen in 1784, and in 1795 professor of theology and provost of the college church in Wittenberg. He devoted himself principally … Continue reading “Schleusner, John Frederic, D.D”

Schleswig Formerly a duchy and diocese of northwestern Germany, now a part of the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In the early Middle Ages the southern part of the peninsula of Jutland was a bone of contention between the Germans and the Danes. When in the fifth century the greater part of the Germanic population had … Continue reading “Schleswig”

Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst Daniel (1768-1834) Religion, in which Schleiermacher substitutes for a theology (regarded impossible because of the unknowableness of God) the feeling of absolute dependence, is sharply delineated from science as the product of reason in which nature may ultimately attain its unity. Schleiermacher, a romanticist, exhibits Fichtean and Schellingean influence, and transcends Kant … Continue reading “Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst Daniel (1768-1834)”

Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernst was a theologian of the Reformed Church of Germany, who, standing on the borderline between the decline of rationalism and the birth of the new evangelical school of Germany, exerted an influence for good in all the higher fields of thought which has rarely been equaled by any mind in any … Continue reading “Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernst”

Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von German poet, critic and scholar Born on 10 March 1772 in Hanover, Germany; died on 11 January 1829 at Dresden, Germany. Educated at the University of Gottingen, he became a Catholic in 1808. Appointed secretary in the chancellery at Vienna where he vigorously opposed Napoleon and delivered his famous lectures … Continue reading “Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von”

Schlegel, Karl August Moritz a German divine, son of Johann Adolf, was born in Hanover, September 26, 1756. He studied at Gottingen, was in 1790 preacher at Harburg, in 1796 at Gottingen, and died January 29, 1826. He published some ascetical works. See Doring, Die deuischen Kanzelredner, page 409-413. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Schlegel, Karl August Moritz”

Schlegel, Johann Carl Furchtegott a German theologian, son of Johann Adolf, was born in Hanover, January 2, 1753, and died November 13, 1831, member of consistory. He wrote, Ueber den Geist der Religiositat aller Zeiten und Volker (Hanover, 1819, 2 volumes): Kirchen- und Reformnationsgeschichte von Norddeutschland und den hannover’schen Staaten (1828-32, 3 volumes): Kurhannover’sches Kirchenrecht … Continue reading “Schlegel, Johann Carl Furchtegott”